History Main / DancingTheme

* ''Manga/Manga/MashleMagicAndMuscles'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rVKos-oGnQ second opening]] has Mash dancing during the chorus part of "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts. Later on, [[https://twitter.com/mashle_official/status/1763935709545787429 the main cast also joins in the dance]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[MemeticMutation Is this a dancing anime?]]]]

** ''[[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Kakuranger]]'' and ''[[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Abaranger]]'' both had the DancingMookCredits variety, while ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Dekaranger]]'', ''[[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Magiranger]]'', ''[[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]]'', ''[[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Go-onger]]'' (this one in several different versions), ''[[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger Goseiger]]'', ''[[Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters Go-Busters]]'', and ''[[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger Kyoryuger]]'' all have this type of theme.

** ''[[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Kakuranger]]'', ''[[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Abaranger]]'' (with the {{Mooks}}), ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Dekaranger]]'', ''[[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Magiranger]]'', ''[[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]]'', ''[[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Go-onger]]'' (this one in several different versions), ''[[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger Goseiger]]'', ''[[Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters Go-Busters]]'', and ''[[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger Kyoryuger]]'' all have this type of theme.

* The animated adaptation of ''Webcomic/Lookism'' has the main cast except the protagonist dancing to the song performed by Music/{{ATEEZ}}.

* The Playstation 2 game ''VideoGame/GodHand'' had most of the characters (friend and foe) dancing in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAga2AjfZlg ending credits]].

* The ED of ''Manga/PrincessResurrection'' (or ''Monster Princess'', depending on who's doing the translating) includes a brief sequence of [[HalfHumanHybrid half-werewolf]] [[strike:Liza]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Riza]] Wildman doing a bit of pelvic-thrust dirty dancing.

* ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'' opens with a fairly typical "everyone smiles and greets each other, then they fight monsters" opening credits to set up its ensemble of fantasy characters. Then intersperses it with cuts of minor characters in a modern recording studio singing the ThemeSong.

* The opening credits to ''Series/{{Friends}}'' depict the gang dancing around a fountain to the theme tune intercut with clips from the show. The producers wanted the credits to be ''just'' the fountain footage, but [[ExecutiveMeddling the network forced]] them to add the clips.

* ''Series/TheArmstrongAndMillerShow''

* The opening titles of season two of ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'' did this.

* The first season of ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'' has some dancing in the ending theme that is patently impossible for most humans to imitate due to the speed at which the characters move.

* Many ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' endings feature dancing. Usually, it is the 'mon themselves that dance, but other characters also get into the action in their own ending themes, like Takeshi/Brock ("Takeshi no Paradise"), Team Rocket ("Nyaasu no Party", "Maemuki Rocket-Dan") and Best Wishes' ending "Mitte Mitte Kocchicchi" and the dance actually done in real life by the singer, Music/MomoiroCloverZ.

Compare FiveManBandConcert and OpeningCreditsCastParty. For the Dancing Theme where they're in kimonos, see {{Ondo}}.

* ''LightNovel/GoodLuckNinomiyaKun'''s ED "Hooray, Hooray, Pom-Pom!" features dancing in both cheerleading outfits and towels. Can you ''feel'' the FanService?

* ''LightNovel/MagiciansAcademy'''s OP, "MOSO Ranbu", has dancing by various characters, most noticeably Tanarot.

* ''LightNovel/{{MM}}!'''s ED, "More-more LOVERS!!", features Mio and Arashiko dancing on stage to the beat, and doing some simple dances against a backdrop before that.

* ''LightNovel/OurHomesFoxDeity'''s second ending theme, "Shiawase no Kotodama", has the cast dancing at a festival in SuperDeformed style.

* ''LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret'''s ED "Hitosashiyubi Quiet!", featuring the entire female cast in [[{{Meido}} maid outfits]] set to an actual dance done in Akihabara. Haruka's a secret {{otaku}} herself, so it was only fitting.

* ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' engages in a little of this during the second season's opening. True to its ReferenceOverdosed nature, one of the dance moves is [[Series/KamenRider Kamen Rider #1]]'s transformation pose.

* ''LightNovel/DragonCrisis!'''s ED, "Mirai Bowl" starts off with a SuperDeformed Eriko in a top hat and suit, and by the end features more or less all the main characters.

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' has ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTS-3I17BGM&feature=related pole-dancing]]'' (slightly {{NSFW}}) by the girls.

* The ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' [[Anime/SakuraWarsTV TV series]] has elements of this in its opening, with shots of the cast performing a dance that goes with the franchise theme song "Geki! Teikokukagekidan," which the cast performed at pretty much all their live shows. There's also an {{ondo}} version used as the ending theme for a few episodes.

** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' second ED [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c03CEMnx_rA Ganbalance De Dance]], ''Anime/YesPrecure5'' and its second season did their own version of the song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVmB44tRXnY ~Yume Miru Kisekitachi~ ]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vWbLXJ2sbQ ~Kibou no Relay~]]. It's a good thing it's such a fun song, or we might be a bit annoyed.

** ''Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure'' brought with it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scD9INzcWW8 Heartcatch Paradise!]] and the gospel-like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEmgwT88Dg Tomorrow Song ~Ashita no Uta~]]

** ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' gave an individual dance for each of its cures with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwaW0mysieY Yay! Yay! Yay!]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSWfx5RahV8 Mankai*Smile!]]

%% * "Junky Boy", the first ''Anime/MazeMegaburstSpace'' ED.

** The tenth OP, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMZpePoxgqk "Shoujo S,"]] has Rukia and Orihime dancing throughout the song. Matsumoto is also shown with them, but mostly during the silhouetted parts.

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* ''The Melancholy of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'''s ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5G5bD2Do-k "Hare Hare Yukai,"]] proved wildly popular, spawning countless imitation videos and becoming a hit at conventions. A DVD special takes this one step further, eliminating all of the still-frames from the original ending, producing a single continuous dance sequence that covers the entire ending theme. It's been said by WordOfGod that the ending of ''[[Anime/HareGuu Haré+Guu Deluxe]]'' was an inspiration for it.

An added source of humor is when, for the purposes of inclusion, a [[TheEeyore completely innappropriate]] [[TeamPet character]] [[KnightOfCerebus is included]].

* The opening titles of the sixth and seventh series of British sitcom ''2Point4Children'' had main character Ben dancing in the foreground, with the rest of the cast dancing across the screen while holding hands behind her.

Worried about bait-and-switch writers who'll drop a drama bomb in your funny show? Look for dancing, because putting a dancing sequence during the show theme is a good way to indicate your show's overall goal of having fun. It's also a very quick way to show off the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters entire cast]] at once and make the ThemeTune more [[MemeticMutation infectious]] by associating it in your head with dancing.

* ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm'', the GagSeries spinoff crossover between ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' and ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' really drives home how utterly different it is from its usually dead serious source material with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvbaM-URygs "Super Affection,"]] an ultra-genki song which, as well as showing the main heroines of each game dancing like idol singers, also featured [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters about half the characters]] in the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} waving their arms in the air with huge smiles on their faces (except Hisui and Ren, [[TheStoic who don't smile]] and Assassin, [[RunningGag who's a cardboard cut-out]]).

* ''Shin VisualNovel/KoihimeMusou ~Otome Tairan~'''s "Yuuki Rinrin" features lots of SuperDeformed dancing from its LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.